Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., got snippy with a caller on a radio talk show who complained his health insurance premium has doubled, his deductible tripled.

“There’s a lot of misinformation about what’s happening with the health care law,” Ms. Shaheen said. She should know. She told constituents Obamacare would lower health insurance premiums.

If a politician has to lie to make his case, it isn’t as strong as he claims it is.

The 8 million figure is bogus. To actually be insured, the first month’s premium must be paid. Around 20 percent of those who’ve filled out forms haven’t, industry experts estimate. The gap may be larger. Only 59 percent of applicants in South Carolina and 49 percent in Georgia have paid their premiums.

There is a 2.7 million gap between the national signup number and the enrollment numbers HHS provides for each state, Investor’s Business Daily noted.

To subsidize insurance for those older and sicker, so-called “young invincibles” must comprise at least 39 percent of the Obamacare risk pool.

Thirty-five percent of enrollees are “under age 35,” the president said. This was an effort to deceive, because not many kids under 18 will be paying health insurance premiums. Only 28 percent are between the ages of 18 and 34.

Politicians don’t conceal good news.

How many of those who’ve signed up for Obamacare had health insurance before? The administration says it doesn’t know. The government ought to — and probably does — know this and many other pertinent facts it says it doesn’t. The inability or unwillingness of the administration to supply hard data to back up its claims should be a red flag.

(Only 27 percent who signed up for personal insurance policies were previously uninsured, according to a McKinsey & Co. survey in March.)

To regard the overall signup number — whatever it is — as a sign of Obamacare’s popularity is preposterous.

Nearly 5 million Americans have had their insurance policies canceled because of Obamacare. Forced to choose between a lousy policy that costs too much, and no health insurance, many chose to buy the lousy policy. That doesn’t mean they’re happy about it.

It is beyond preposterous to declare debate “over” on a law whose most controversial provisions — the personal and employer mandates — have yet to be implemented.

Two “seismic jolts” have been delivered in midterm elections for the House of Representatives in the last 30 years — the 54 seat gain in 1994 that gave Republicans control of the House for the first time in many years, and the 63-seat GOP gain in 2010.

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